Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that killing Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei would end decades of conflict between Israel and Iran.
Netanyahu did not rule out an Israeli strike against Iran’s supreme leader amid reports that President Donald Trump stopped Israel from taking such a step in the latest round of hostilities.
Asked about reports that Trump vetoed a plan to kill Khamenei, Netanyahu said that rather than escalating the conflict, the supreme leader’s death would “end the conflict,” according to ABC News.
“We’ve had half a century of conflict spread by this regime that terrorizes everyone in the Middle East; has bombed the Aramco oil fields in Saudi Arabia; is spreading terrorism and subversion and sabotage everywhere,” Netanyahu said. “The ‘forever war’ is what Iran wants, and they’re bringing us to the brink of nuclear war. In fact, what Israel is doing is preventing this, bringing an end to this aggression, and we can only do so by standing up to the forces of evil.”
Elsewhere in the interview, the prime minister did not list the supreme leader’s death as one of Israel’s goals for the current conflict, which began on Friday with strikes from Israel on Iranian top military leaders, key nuclear sites, and other important targets.
“We are going to continue until we remove the two existential threats: the nuclear threat and the threat of 20,000 ballistic missiles that are equivalent to two nuclear bombs,” Netanyahu said.
The United States has denied any active involvement in Israel’s fight against Iran. Netanyahu said that the United States has an interest in seeing Iran defeated, however.
“Today, it’s Tel Aviv. Tomorrow, it’s New York. Look, I understand ‘America First’. I don’t understand ‘America Dead’. That’s what these people want. They chant ‘Death to America.’ So we’re doing something that is in the service of mankind, of humanity, and it’s a battle of good against evil. America does, should, and does stand with the good. That’s what President Trump is doing, and I deeply appreciate his support,” the prime minister said.
Trump said Monday that Iran has reached out through intermediaries to express interest in negotiations to end the conflict as its top leadership and key military and nuclear sites continue to be destroyed. Israel on Monday declared complete air superiority over Iran.
“They’d like to talk, but they should have done that before,” said Trump. “I had 60 days, and they had 60 days. On the 61st day, I said, ‘We don’t have a deal.’ They have to make a deal, and it’s painful for both parties. But I’d say Iran is not winning this war, and they should talk, and they should talk immediately, before it’s too late.”
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that killing Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei would end decades of conflict between Israel and Iran.
Netanyahu did not rule out an Israeli strike against Iran’s supreme leader amid reports that President Donald Trump stopped Israel from taking such a step in the latest round of hostilities.
Asked about reports that Trump vetoed a plan to kill Khamenei, Netanyahu said that rather than escalating the conflict, the supreme leader’s death would “end the conflict,” according to ABC News.
“We’ve had half a century of conflict spread by this regime that terrorizes everyone in the Middle East; has bombed the Aramco oil fields in Saudi Arabia; is spreading terrorism and subversion and sabotage everywhere,” Netanyahu said. “The ‘forever war’ is what Iran wants, and they’re bringing us to the brink of nuclear war. In fact, what Israel is doing is preventing this, bringing an end to this aggression, and we can only do so by standing up to the forces of evil.”
Elsewhere in the interview, the prime minister did not list the supreme leader’s death as one of Israel’s goals for the current conflict, which began on Friday with strikes from Israel on Iranian top military leaders, key nuclear sites, and other important targets.
“We are going to continue until we remove the two existential threats: the nuclear threat and the threat of 20,000 ballistic missiles that are equivalent to two nuclear bombs,” Netanyahu said.
The United States has denied any active involvement in Israel’s fight against Iran. Netanyahu said that the United States has an interest in seeing Iran defeated, however.
“Today, it’s Tel Aviv. Tomorrow, it’s New York. Look, I understand ‘America First’. I don’t understand ‘America Dead’. That’s what these people want. They chant ‘Death to America.’ So we’re doing something that is in the service of mankind, of humanity, and it’s a battle of good against evil. America does, should, and does stand with the good. That’s what President Trump is doing, and I deeply appreciate his support,” the prime minister said.
Trump said Monday that Iran has reached out through intermediaries to express interest in negotiations to end the conflict as its top leadership and key military and nuclear sites continue to be destroyed. Israel on Monday declared complete air superiority over Iran.
“They’d like to talk, but they should have done that before,” said Trump. “I had 60 days, and they had 60 days. On the 61st day, I said, ‘We don’t have a deal.’ They have to make a deal, and it’s painful for both parties. But I’d say Iran is not winning this war, and they should talk, and they should talk immediately, before it’s too late.”
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